LITHIA, Fla. (AP) — A woman who called her husband’s cellphone when he failed to return from a Jet Ski trip found herself talking to her 3-year-old son, who was alone on an island.

His father, Billy Morris, 38, was found dead the following day.

Morris and his son, August, had set out Monday afternoon for an excursion on the Alafia River, near Tampa. When they were overdue, Tina Morris called her husband using Facetime. The little boy answered.

It was determined he was on a small island on the river west of Interstate 75. A passerby stayed with him until Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputies arrived.

Deputies found the Jet Ski pulled up on the island, with the father’s wallet and an adult-sized life jacket. Billy Morris was nowhere to be found.

The sheriff’s office searched for him into Monday night, with helicopters and divers. Multiple news outlets report that his body was found after noon on Tuesday, in a sandy area along the river’s south bank.

Authorities say the cause of death was not immediately apparent and an autopsy was scheduled.

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